Support single webcam connected to the onboard station in multiseat environment.

Userful MultiSeat 5.0-4828

Userful MultiSeat 5.0-4828 is the new official, stable release of our Userful MultiSeat™ software. This latest version builds on our years of experience with Linux based multiseat technology. Userful MultiSeat 5.0 is also offered as a downloadable all-in-one bundled install DVD solution Userful MultiSeat Linux 5.0™ which is the recommended approach for most users.

Status: Stable Release

Released: Userful MultiSeat 5.0-4828 was formally released on April 25, 2012

A Linux-based multiseat solution on Ubuntu 10.04 supports not only USB multiseat devices and video cards, but also ethernet zero-client devices.

Auto device assignment for both USB and Network stations, which make the system setup much easier and quicker.

Added useful configuration options for network stations on both CLI and GUI interface.

Increased the multiseat solution capacity to support 20+ stations without requiring the custom kernel.

Stability Improvements

The performance on the multiseat devices with SMSC chip has improved.

Prevent from setting different color depth for stations using the same video card.

Set alsa audio input properly.

The system tray function is more robust to handle USB storage devices (close/unmount), Play DVD option, and hard disk partition display.

Added the station name and location information into Press-F-Key screen.

Numerous bug fixes have been implemented.

2011

Userful MultiSeat 4.1-4008

Userful MultiSeat 4.1-4008 is the new official, stable release of our Userful MultiSeat™ software. This enhanced version builds on our years of experience with Linux based multiseat technology. Userful MultiSeat 4.1 is also offered as a downloadable all-in-one bundled install DVD solution Userful MultiSeat Linux 2011™ which is the recommended approach for most users.

Status: Stable Release

Released: Userful MultiSeat 4.1-4008 was formally released on December 22, 2011

A standard Linux software package that extends the Linux operating system to support up to 11 fully independent and concurrent workstations (depending on hardware) using a single PC.

USB-connected station hotplugging, whether the USB-connected station uses DisplayLink or MCT chipsets.

Confirmation of USB-to-monitor connection via on-screen messages.

Support for software-rendered 3D acceleration.

The incorporated Userful DL-Driver™ features:

X.org-based driver for DisplayLink® devices on Linux; does not require kernel changes

Support for X.Org X server 1.5 and later

16- and 24-bits ("32-bit") per pixel color depth support

Compression support for improved performance

Support for multiple devices (up to ten)

Basic 2D acceleration

Xv extension support with a compression algorithm for increased performance

The bundled MCT device driver features:

The best available support for MCT based USB multiseat devices for the Linux platform.

Userful MultiSeat™ Version 4.0 has improved support for a wider array of USB devices:

Works with many DisplayLink and MCT based USB multiseat devices. Although thorough testing for this release has been limited to a few specific devices, other devices are known to work. We are also constantly testing more devices for compatibility.

Improved USB keyboard and audio device handling to allow more stations to work effectively on one computer. In the past, certain keyboards and audio devices wasted system resources and limited the total number of stations that could be connected to a machine. This limitation is now more intelligently managed to support a wider array of USB devices in a multiseat system.

Changes Since Beta Release

There have been a number of major improvements in Userful MultiSeat 4.0 since its Beta Release. Here are some of the key changes:

Linux distro support:

32-bit Ubuntu 10.04 support has been added.

A special, patched GDM package has been created to fix a serious issue with the Ubuntu GDM package for 32-bit systems only.